Legging.



R. $PRINGE.

LEGGING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1914.

1,11 5,61 1 Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

THE NORRIS F- rERS C0. PHOTO-LITHO, WASHINGTON. D. Liv

" edge ofthe .piece of leather. or other suitable ,material constituting the body of the leg- 1 To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, RICHARD, SrRrNGE, av citizen of the United States, res ding at legging.

. [RICHARD sr'iarivsnor rnnvnnwoitrn, KANSAS.

Leavenworth, in the county of Leavenworth and State of Kansas, haveinventedor d s? covered certain new and useful Improvements in Leggings, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadthereln to the accompanying vdrawing.

Thisinvention relates to, that class of leggingscovered by U. S. Patents Nos.'8 99,590.

and 966,525, and comprisinga forked fastening' strap the single part ofwliich :is

adapted to engage a buckle located at. a

point not far from the middle of the legs, ging, so that only a single strap need be 1113- nipulated in fastening or, unfastening the The present improved legging comprises a strap oneend of .which is attached to one ging at ornear eitherthe top or-bottom of said edge, and the other end of which strap is provided'with a suitable fastening device;

and a second and longer strap one end of T which is attached tothe edge. of saidbody near either the top or bottom of said.edge,, the said straps being so disposed as to converge and come together at said fastening.

device, said longer strap then extending to a buckle or other fastening located between the ends of'the body of the legging and be-.

ing provided near its free end with aseries of holes so as to permit it to be adjustably engagedwith said buckle or fastening dea forked strap, may be lengthened or short vice. As the two, straps thus come togetherat the first-mentioned fastening device they constitute what is practicallya forked strap; and as the said first-mentioned fastening device is adapted to afford an adjustable connection of thesaid straps at their converging point this improved construction pro-'- vides means whereby, by a single ad ust-5 ment, thetwo straps constituting practically ened, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawing Figure l is a perspective view of the improved legging. Fig. 2 is a detail view showing the portions of the two straps and the buckle at which the two straps come together, and which affords an adjustable connection for said straps at their convergingpoint. Fig. 3 is a section through the parts shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of a preferred Specifi catio'n of Letters latent.

A form of buckle with which both strapsare connected.

. i Referrmg to the drawing,-12 denotes a piece of leather, canvas, or other suitable' material, whlch is; to constitute the body of v the legging, and which may have a suitable lin ng, if desired. 'To one edge of the overlapp ng. part of the body of the legging,

preferably. near thetop edge, asat 13, s secured one end of'a strap 14 to the other end of whichisattached abuckle 15. Said buckle 1 5 preferably of the form most clearlyshown in Fig. 4; in that itcomprisesa-cross bar 16 provided with a stud 17,

andithe end bar of said buckle to which the istrap' 14 is attached being preferably in: clined'with reference to the. side bars of said buckle, for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

,To the overlapping edge of the body of p p atented Nov. 3, 1914. App1ication-filed1uly27, 1914. SeriallNo.853,523. 1. j s

the legging, preferably near the bottom of said edge, as at 18, is attached a second and longer [strap 19 which. is adapted. to pass around the body of the legging andthrough the buckle 15,; said strap being .adapted to be adj ustably attached to the said buckle so that it maybe lengthened-or shortened at its meeting point with the strap 14.1 To, this end, in the construction. herein shown, the

said strap 19 isfprov-ided cat the portion thereofadjacent the said buckle :15 with a series of. holes 20 any one of which may be 'engagedby the stud 17. on the cross bar 16 I j I Figs. 2 and 3. From the buckle 15, the

of the said buckle, asniore clearly shown'in strap l9 runs through a. wire loop 21; at-

tached to the underlying part of the body of the legging and passing through one or the I other offtwo slots 22 formedinthe over the edges of the bodyof the" legging, the ,i

said strap passing from said wireloop 20 through a buckle, as 23, secured to the bodyof the legging as in the patents above referred to, and to which buckle theend of the said strap may be adjustably secured by virtue of a series of holes 24 formed nearthe 2 free end of the strap. By forming the end, bar of the buckle to which th strap portion is attached at an incline, as shown, the said buckle is better adapted to be so disposed as to receive, the two straps converging at said buckle without distorting the said straps, therebypermitting'the latterto lie" smoothly on the outside or; the legging.

lapping part of the body of the legging and v affording an adjustable connection between Froin the foregoing it will-be' apparent" that the present improved construction affords all of the advantages of the" forked strap construction of Patents Nos. 899,590 and 966,525, hereinbefore referred to, while saidriniproved construction presents the additionaladvant-age of aifording an adjustment of the two straps at their converging point, so that, by a single adjustment, the two straps, affording practically a forked strap, may be lengthened or shortened to better "adapt the legging'to differentpersons.

hile the drawingshows the strap which ',carries the buckle as being attached totlie' the-leggingnear the top thereof, and the edge of theoverlapping part of the body of other strap *asxbeing attached to the edgeof theoverlapping part of the, body of the leg- -ging, near the bottom of said edge, it *will' be nnderstoodthat this arrangement might" be -;reversed without departlng from theI' essencebf the THIXGHCIOII; nor is the inventionto'be understood as being limited to the "particular fastening deviceat the converg ing--point of the straps afforded by the buckle 15, as-a differently constructed fasteniii-g device or'buckle, which would aiford an adjustable connection of the twostraps at their converging point, :might be employed *5 wention. p

Havliig thus describedmy invention I without'departing from the spiritof the ini 53 claim and desire tosecure by LettIersPatenti '1. Aflegging comprisinga pieeerof' suitable material oneedge of which is adapted to overlap theother, a strapattached at one end to'said o-verlapping edge near one end of the latter, a second strap attached at one end tosaid overlapping edge near the other 40 end of said edge, said strap being longer than the first-named strap, said straps being so disposed as to converge and come together between the ends of said second strap, a "fastenlng devlce located at the converglng point of said straps and adapted to afford 'K alengthening' and'shortening adjustment at saidpoint, and a suitable fastening device attached to the body of the legging for se- Copies of this .patent may beiobtained-i-i curing the free end of the said second strap. 5Q

23A legging comprising a piece of suitin presence of able material one edge of which is adapted to overlap the other, a strap attached at one end to 'said overlapping edge near one end of the latter, a second strap attached at one end to said overlapping edge near the other end-of-said edge, said strap being longer than the first-named strap, said straps being -so disposed 'as to converge and come together between the ends of the said second strap, a fastening device located at the converging point of said strapsand adapted to afiordxalengthening and shortenin adjust- ;n1ent-at said point, and a suitable fastening device attached to the body of the legging for securing thefree end of the said second strap, fsaid first-mentioned: fastening device consisting of-.a 'buckle'having a cross-bar provided with a stud, and the sa1d1sec0nd strap being provided with a series of holes whereby 'it away he adj ustably connected withsaid stud. I v D "3. A legging comprising a piece of suitable material one edge ofwhich is adapted to overlap thebther, astrap attached at one a end te' said 'overlapping edge near one end of tl1elatter,a second strap attached at one end to said overlapping edge near the. other end off-said edgefsaid'strap'being longer than the first-nameds trap, said straps being so disposed as to converge and come'together -between the ends of ithe'said strap, a fasten- I ing device located at the convergin point oft-said straps and adapted to ahord a 'lengtheningand shortening adjustment at saidgpoint, a suitablefastening device at- "tached to the body of the legging for scour-- ing the-.free end of the said second strap,

fsa'id fasteningdevice consisting o-f-a buckle having 'a cross-bar provided with a stud, and an inclined end bar for the attachment Jofsaidifirst-namedstrap, and the said second strap" being provided with a series of ,holeswhereby'it may be adjustably connected with said 5 stud.

- In testimony whereofI afliX my signature,

two witnesses.

' RICHARD "SPRINGE.

* Witnesses:

Q SJE. MURPHY,

S; Pn'rrnnson.

or five centseach, byaddressinfthe Commissioner of Patents,

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